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Jeffery Deaver quotes: We don't have enough time to move fast

We don't have enough time to move fast

Jeffery Deaver quotes: When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level.

When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Predate your telling me, T.T.

Predate your telling me, T.T.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: But then someday the truth would come out. It always did. Repress what you will, someday the truth comes out.

But then someday the truth would come out. It always did. Repress what you will, someday the truth comes out.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.

Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part.

The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Too much screaming in Congress. Too much screaming everywhere.

Too much screaming in Congress. Too much screaming everywhere.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: I'm not your proverbial worst nightmare because nightmares aren't real and I am more real than anybody wants to admit.

I'm not your proverbial worst nightmare because nightmares aren't real and I am more real than anybody wants to admit.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: The creatures I had seen were not men, had never been men. They were animals - humanised animals - triumphs of vivisection.

The creatures I had seen were not men, had never been men. They were animals - humanised animals - triumphs of vivisection.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: They look like wounds, not tattoos.

They look like wounds, not tattoos.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.

The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.

So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Robert Rotenberg does for Toronto what Ian Rankin does for Edinburgh.

Robert Rotenberg does for Toronto what Ian Rankin does for Edinburgh.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.

But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.

I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.

I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Inspiring isn't the same as plotting.

Inspiring isn't the same as plotting.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: We have years to converse with someone, to blurt and rant, to explain our desires and anger and regrets - and oh how we squander those moments.

We have years to converse with someone, to blurt and rant, to explain our desires and anger and regrets - and oh how we squander those moments.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.

I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.

I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Down to Gehenna or up to the throne, / He who travels fastest who travels alone...

Down to Gehenna or up to the throne, / He who travels fastest who travels alone...

Jeffery Deaver quotes: WHEN YOU MOVE THEY CAN'T GETCHA 'A

WHEN YOU MOVE THEY CAN'T GETCHA 'A

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Pulaski said, "Even psycho killers need to do home repairs. Probably it's not related to the case.

Pulaski said, "Even psycho killers need to do home repairs. Probably it's not related to the case.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Sometimes you can't be what you ought to be, you can't have what you ought to have.

Sometimes you can't be what you ought to be, you can't have what you ought to have.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: And if it took awhile, that means she was in pain for a long time.

And if it took awhile, that means she was in pain for a long time.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story.

For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: You see tumbleweeds? You see cowpokes? Indians? This isn't the streets of Laredo.

You see tumbleweeds? You see cowpokes? Indians? This isn't the streets of Laredo.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: The pain, you know. It's one hell of a way to die.

The pain, you know. It's one hell of a way to die.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence.

Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: eager' and 'anxious' aren't the same, or how 'disinterested' doesn't mean 'uninterested.

eager' and 'anxious' aren't the same, or how 'disinterested' doesn't mean 'uninterested.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Rule one: Write about settings you're familiar with.

Rule one: Write about settings you're familiar with.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: The greatest single threat to an investigator is unfamiliarity with his environment.

The greatest single threat to an investigator is unfamiliarity with his environment.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: didn't seem to be the nickname sort. Beautiful people rarely were. 'Let's

didn't seem to be the nickname sort. Beautiful people rarely were. 'Let's

Jeffery Deaver quotes: People with children and people with their own business always pick up a ringing phone.

People with children and people with their own business always pick up a ringing phone.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose.

I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: God don't give out certain.

God don't give out certain.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: was mildly surprised to see) and in the smallest

was mildly surprised to see) and in the smallest

Jeffery Deaver quotes: I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block.

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: And life changes. Maybe just a little, maybe a lot. And at some point, it just isn't worth the fight to fix it.

And life changes. Maybe just a little, maybe a lot. And at some point, it just isn't worth the fight to fix it.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Yield and you need not break. Bent, you can straighten. Emptied, you can hold. Torn, you can mend.

Yield and you need not break. Bent, you can straighten. Emptied, you can hold. Torn, you can mend.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: What'd he do? Your stepfather?

What'd he do? Your stepfather?

Jeffery Deaver quotes: But it works that way if it works.

But it works that way if it works.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: little too undistinguished, a little

little too undistinguished, a little

Jeffery Deaver quotes: You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: I'm really not the cold fish everyone thinks I am.

I'm really not the cold fish everyone thinks I am.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Always thinking. This was one of the reasons he loved her.

Always thinking. This was one of the reasons he loved her.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures.

In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house.

I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: This only is denied the Gods: the power to remake the past. - ARISTOTLE

This only is denied the Gods: the power to remake the past. - ARISTOTLE

Jeffery Deaver quotes: I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book.

I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Time transcends morality

Time transcends morality

Jeffery Deaver quotes: His rules were unencumbered by my constraints - the Constitution and the laws promulgated thereunder. Still,

His rules were unencumbered by my constraints - the Constitution and the laws promulgated thereunder. Still,

Jeffery Deaver quotes: The seat of power in the twenty-first century is information, not oil or geography.

The seat of power in the twenty-first century is information, not oil or geography.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: That's the past for you. Not only does it come back at the most unexpected, and inconvenient, times but it's set in stone.

That's the past for you. Not only does it come back at the most unexpected, and inconvenient, times but it's set in stone.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself.

Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Boys groped, boys dissed, boys put you down. But it was the girls who made you bleed

Boys groped, boys dissed, boys put you down. But it was the girls who made you bleed

Jeffery Deaver quotes: William Gibson's novel Neuromancer,

William Gibson's novel Neuromancer,

Jeffery Deaver quotes: The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.

The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say.

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: as old as we may be in flesh, we are always young in the bone

as old as we may be in flesh, we are always young in the bone

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Somebody you busted?" Amanda asked matter-of-factly.

Somebody you busted?" Amanda asked matter-of-factly.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: The history of domestic terrorism is long. The Haymarket bombing occurred in Chicago in 1886.

The history of domestic terrorism is long. The Haymarket bombing occurred in Chicago in 1886.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction ... transcends the historical thriller.

Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction ... transcends the historical thriller.

Jeffery Deaver quotes: In general, I think, less is more, and that if a reader stops reading because a book is too icky then I've failed in my obligation to the readers.

In general, I think, less is more, and that if a reader stops reading because a book is too icky then I've failed in my obligation to the readers.